tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 27 08:17:14 1998
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Re: How big is the vocabulary?
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: How big is the vocabulary?
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 98 11:08:55 EST
ja' qelayn:
>3400? I thought I had all (most) of the words on my computer totalling
>just over 2100 words, where did these other words come from?
>Are they all constructs from speakers or are they official?
My carefully-maintained word list contains 2310 entries, taken from
TKD, KGT, and charghwI''s "new word list" on the web. There are a
handful of semi-duplicates where TKD gives different definitions in
the two halves of the lexicon, or significant additional explanation
from the word list in KGT, etc. I also have a personal addendum with
a few non-words, mostly names, but including some entries that are of
historical and/or humorous value.
A brief check of my sources yields the following breakdown:
1501 from TKD
186 from TKD's addendum
604 from KGT
7 from veS QonoS
10 from the Star Trek: Klingon CD
2 direct from Marc Okrand but not otherwise listed
Even though things like {targh tIq} and {qeylIS mInDu'} are made of
readily translatable parts, they are in my list because they have
specific "cultural" meanings. I also include obvious constructions
like {yoHwI'} "brave one" when they're listed in an official lexicon.
-- ghunchu'wI'